Six hours traffic block, dozens of trains affected

More than dozens of the trains were affected after a traffic block conducted by railway on Bokaro-Kotshila rail block on Saturday.

The traffic block was conducted to eliminate two unmanned railway crossing between Bokaro and Kotshila and to construct limited height subway there, informed S K Srivastava DRM Adra Division.

The trains including 53061 (Burdwan-Hatia), 13220 (Ranchi - Deoghar), 63591 (Bokaro - Asansol), 12366 (Hatia - Patna), 12802 (New Delhi - Puri), 18625 (Patna -  Hatia),  12831 (Bokaro – Bhubneshwar Garib Rath), 18605 (Ranchi - Jainagar), 58034 (Ranchi - Bokaro) were affected due to six hours traffic block on the root, informed an official.

“Two unmanned railway crossing between Pundag – Radhagaon and Kotshila – Pundag were eliminated and the paths are substituted with limited height subway there,” added the official.

Indian Railways on the move to eliminate all unmanned railway crossings across the country; thousands of unmanned level crossings would be removed within next two years, said the official.

Expressing regret over inconvenience caused to passengers, the railway authority said traffic block was for carrying out stipulated work for the safety of the mass.